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Freshworks interviews FAQs
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Freshworks with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Freshworks overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Freshworks as a Senior Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Background check: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
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Had 4 rounds of interview excluding the screening.
1. DSA and Problem Solving. - Leetcode Medium Questions
2. LLD - Feature Flag system
3. HLD - Youtube comment section design
4. Hiring Manager - Deep Dive Round on Design and prvious projects
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Freshworks (Chennai) in Aug 2019
Interview
3 rounds 1st round is DSA 2nd round is more or less a system design 3rd round is a bit of both DSA questions aren't very complicated and system design rounds are moderately difficult. Having the ability to come up with code, irrespective of the complexity should be a good starting point in getting through
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 medium DSA questions and questions from my open source contrinutions
Not a very supportive interviewer.
Was asked to share leetcode profile, and then interviewer pasted the questions in meet link. Not much chance provided to discuss approach and thought process. Was told to solve the question right away(interviewer) also asked how long it would take to solve the question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 Leetcode Medium questions related to Binary Search with backtracking
I applied online. I interviewed at Freshworks (Chennai) in Mar 2025
Interview
I applied through LinkedIn recruited call me and provided the study material for that Interview. The interview took place at the Freshworks office, and it was a in-person (P2P) interview, with no virtual interview option available. The interview lasted the entire day over the weekend.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All basic to advanced level JavaScript question like Closure, Hoisting, this operator, Event delegation, Event propagation, Promise, Event loop etc.,